{"title":"Traveling edge states in massive Dirac equations along slowly varying edges","authors":"Pipi Hu, Peng Xie, Yi Zhu","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxad015","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Topologically protected wave motion has attracted considerable research interest due to its chirality and potential applications in many applied fields. We construct quasi-traveling wave solutions to the two-dimensional Dirac equation with a domain wall mass in this work. It is known that the system admits exact and explicit traveling wave solutions, which are termed edge states if the interface is a straight line. By modifying such explicit solutions, we construct quasi-traveling-wave solutions if the interface is nearly straight. The approximate solutions in two scenarios are given. One is the circular edge with a large radius, and the second is a straight line edge with the slowly varying along the perpendicular direction. We show the quasi-traveling wave solutions are valid in a long lifespan by energy estimates. Numerical simulations are provided to support our analysis both qualitatively and quantitatively.","PeriodicalId":1,"journal":{"name":"Accounts of Chemical Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.4000,"publicationDate":"2022-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Accounts of Chemical Research","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxad015","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Topologically protected wave motion has attracted considerable research interest due to its chirality and potential applications in many applied fields. We construct quasi-traveling wave solutions to the two-dimensional Dirac equation with a domain wall mass in this work. It is known that the system admits exact and explicit traveling wave solutions, which are termed edge states if the interface is a straight line. By modifying such explicit solutions, we construct quasi-traveling-wave solutions if the interface is nearly straight. The approximate solutions in two scenarios are given. One is the circular edge with a large radius, and the second is a straight line edge with the slowly varying along the perpendicular direction. We show the quasi-traveling wave solutions are valid in a long lifespan by energy estimates. Numerical simulations are provided to support our analysis both qualitatively and quantitatively.
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